monochrome

The decision to convert an image to black and white before submitting to a general or open-category contest is one of the more consequential calls a photographer makes — and one of the least systematically considered. Most photographers convert because they feel the image "works better" in monochrome. That intuition is sometimes correct and sometimes a rationalization for a … [Read more...] about Black and White in Color Contests: When Monochrome Wins and When It Loses